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'Sand dams' bank water for dry season in semi-arid Kenya
2013-02-20 11:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: Barely a month after heavy rains pounded Kenya, many seasonal rivers in the country's semi-arid east are already drying up, and residents are preparing for the months-long dry season. But some, like Paul Masila and other members of the Woni Wa Mbee self-help group, are not worried about the looming dry spell. Instead, they are preparing to plant crops or are harvesting fields they planted before the rains. The group -- the name means "progressive vision' in Kamba, the local langage -- have...
Gary "GEE" Armstrong Wins 2012 Pacific Northwest Sand Drag Series Championship
2013-02-19 01:03:38| K&N Racing News
Florence, Oregon resident Gary Armstrong wrapped up his 2012 season by winning the Sport Bike 2 Division Championship of the Pacific Northwest Sand Drag Race Series.
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Climate Rally Draws Line in the Sand on Canadian Pipeline
2013-02-16 17:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: - The largest climate rally in U.S. history is expected Sunday in Washington DC with the aim of pressuring President Barack Obama to reject the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Activists are calling Keystone "the line in the sand" regarding dangerous climate change, prompting the Sierra Club to suspend its 120-year ban on civil disobedience. The group`s executive director, Michael Brune, was arrested in front of the White House during a small protest against Keystone on Wednesday. "The Keystone...
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Kenya: Likoni Man Fined for Selling Sand to Sugar Client
2013-02-07 06:35:31| Sugar Industry News
A man who sold a shopkeeper six sacks of sugar containing sand was yesterday fined Sh100, 000 by a Mombasa court.
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EU executive thwarts Canada lobby on tar sand oil
2013-01-30 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Canada's urgent hunt for buyers for its oil is being thwarted as the European Commission sticks to a plan to label fuel from tar sands deposits as highly polluting, deterring refiners bound by environmental rules. Intense pressure from Canada, seeking new markets to compensate for dwindling U.S. buying and discounted sales, has not convinced the EU executive to abandon its proposal to brand tar sands oil as more carbon-intensive than conventional crude. "The Commission stands by its proposal,"...
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